The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

Responsiveness and Minimally Important Changes for Persian-version of Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Questionnaire in Patients with Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy Following Physiotherapy Intervention

Document Type : RESEARCH PAPER

Authors
Akram Divandari 1
Neda Mostafaee 1
Hossein Negahban 2
Amir R. Kachooei 3
Ali Moradi 4
Mohammad H. Ebrahimzadeh 4
1 Department of Physical Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 1 Department of Physical Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 2 Orthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
3 2 Orthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3 Rothman Orthopaedics Florida at AdventHealth, Orlando, USA
4 Orthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
10.22038/abjs.2022.65220.3128
Abstract
Background: Evaluating responsiveness and calculating minimally important change (MIC) for the Persian-version
of the Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) questionnaire following physiotherapy in patients with lateral
elbow tendinopathy (LET).
Methods: We enrolled 82 patients with LET to complete the PRTEE. After completing four weeks of physiotherapy,
all patients were reevaluated by the PRTEE. The patients also rated their changes on a 7-point global rating of change
scale (GRoC). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and correlation analysis were used for evaluating the
responsiveness. The MIC was determined by determining a desirable cutoff on the ROC curve.
Results:The results showed a moderate relationship (Spearman’s correlation coefficient= 0.43-0.56) of total PRTEE,
pain subscale, and function subscale with the GRoC scale. The total PRTEE, pain subscale, and function subscale
revealed an area under the curve of 0.87, 0.82, and 0.83, respectively. We found the MICs 31.33, 14.5, and 15.5 points
for total PRTEE, pain subscale, and function subscale, respectively.
Conclusion: The Persian-version of the PRTEE questionnaire has acceptable responsiveness and can measure
changes in patients with LET following physiotherapy. We advocate using the PRTEE questionnaire in both clinical
settings and research.
Level of evidence: IV
Keywords
Lateral elbow tendinopathy
Measurement properties
Minimal important change
Patient-rated tennis elbow evaluation
Rehabilitation
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The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
Volume 10, Issue 10
October 2022
Pages 885-891

  • Receive Date 26 April 2022
  • Revise Date 12 July 2022
  • Accept Date 19 July 2022